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Beyond Certainty, Volume Two explores how faith engages an increasingly plural, interconnected, and rapidly changing world. Moving beyond primarily intra-ecclesial concerns, the volume examines Christianity’s encounter with contemporary cultural, social, ecological, and anthropological challenges. Organised around the themes Engaging Difference and Flourishing Beyond, the contributions address ecumenical and interreligious dialogue, political polarisation, ecological concerns, sociocultural change, and questions raised by post-humanist thought. The second section focuses on human flourishing through reflections on disability, sexuality, conscience, forgiveness, spiritual renewal, and religious life. Throughout, the authors demonstrate how theological reflection remains inseparable from lived experience and attentive to voices on the margins. Rather than presenting faith as a system of fixed certainties, the volume proposes a vision grounded in trust, encounter, and openness to the Spirit’s continuing work in history.



Edited by

John A. Berry & Kevin Schembri

Published and produced in 2026 by Malta University Press

ISBN: 978-9918-617-24-1

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Issue DateTitleAuthor(s)
2026Discovering new dimensions of catholicity and ecumenismHalík, Tomáš
2026Polarization and globalization of Catholicism : understanding the pontificate of FrancisFaggioli, Massimo
2026“But the word of god is not bound” (2 Tim 2,9) : reflections on the significance of the canons of scripture of different faith communitiesAttard, Stefan M.
2026Opinions and their theological value : some observations from norm theoryHahn, Judith
2026Receptive ecumenism as a paradigm for a process of reception in a Synodal ChurchButtigieg, Dorianne
2026The theology of peace and non-violence : a challenge for interreligious dialogueBongiovanni, Ambrogio
2026Theologizing as dialogue : Christianity’s dialogue with the cultures, religions, and peoples of AsiaKochuthara, Shaji George
2026The ecology of Pope FrancisDe Tavernier, Johan
2026Listening to the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor : the mission of the church in a time of ecological crisisOrmerod, Neil
2026Beyond numbers : why Catholic theological institutes matterKovács, Gusztáv
2026Posthumanism, analogical humanism, and the future of the churchDuque, João Manuel
2026A Magisterium of Fragility : is there a space for disability-leadership in the church to come?Cooreman-Guittin, Talitha
2026Half a century later : re-reading Humanae vitae in the light of Gaudium et Spes and Amoris LaetitiaKnieps-Port le Roi, Thomas
2026Proposing human flourishing : pastoral sex education through virtue ethicsCalleja, Carlo
2026Life and death, sex and God : can the wisdom of ancient purity laws be relevant to the Church today?Briffa, Josef Mario
2026Negotiating narrative : on conscience, magisterium, and LGBT witnessAlison, James
2026LGBTQ+ persons, pope Francis, and the church we needCorrea Lima, Luis
2026Giving, for-giving, and forgiving : what we give when we forgiveIula, Emanuele
2026The sin of our world today : the dominant technocratic paradigmMusumeci, Martin; Delicata, Nadia
2026A contemplative vision of the church to comeAnastasi, Adelaide
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